Wednesday, November 22, 2023 – Top Rope – 5:30 a.m. 25 degrees and clear, day before Thanksgiving
PAX: 18 Total – Armando, Killians, Baby Back, Cutting Edge, Flatstick, Haboob, Jukebox, Hoser, Gingerbread Man (downrange from Wichita), Canadian Bacon, Cake, Steeple, Longneck, Starlord, Cadbury, Papa Smurph, Laserjet, Beaver
Q: Beaver
5:30 a.m. Beaver welcomed the group to F3 and started with the 3 Fs. Mission statement, core principles, and creedo were on point. No FNGs. One first time Top Roper from downrange Wichita (Gingerbread Man). Dooahdiddy with 5 merkins after the lead man dropped off; turkey gobble to alert the new frontman. Completed 2 parking lot laps. Mosey to the front of the school to the best F3 dip bar in Omaha.
Warmarama/Pre-Thang: 20 dips, 20 derkins, 20 dips, 30 step-ups, 20 dips, 20 inclined merkins. Mosey to the best asphalt in Omaha and circle up. Stretch—hamstrings, calves, gluts. 10 beaver merkins.
Thang: Thanksgiving Recipe Card—select your favorite food to determine your exercise. Two foods announced, PAX separated by selection, exercise predetermined for each selection.
- Mashed Potatoes vs Green Bean Casserole (run around school / wall sit)
- Dinner Rolls vs Stuffing (run / turkey squat)
- Smoked Turkey vs Oven/fried turkey (run / wall sit)
- Pumpkin Pie vs Banana Cream Pie (run / big boy situps)
- Cranberries vs Jello (run / wall sit)
Last grouping stayed together for a pick-the-other-group-exercise back and forth. Cranberries selected exercise for Jello and ran to edge of asphalt and back. Switch. Continued for about 5 rounds until Omaha!
Mary: Nolan Ryans, Freddy Mercuries, 6-inches with PAX stating what thankful for in full circle, American hammers (rancid count-off)
Namarama – See the list above for who posted
Announcements: Thankful trot tomorrow
Prayers: Upcoming surgeries of family members, Thanksgiving travels
COT: On my daily bible app this morning, there was a verse from Thessalonians that in summary reminded us to rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances. God is in F3. Yesterday at Wild Kingdom T-ball had us go around the circle and mention someone who is gone from our lives that we are thankful for. I mentioned my grandma, who was the most selfless person I’ve ever met and always had a homemade loaf of bread for me to take wherever I was living at the time. Before she passed, I spent a morning making and baking bread with her in which she wrote out the recipe and we took hand notes before putting the notes in an envelope. Over the last couple years, I’ve been on the lookout for the recipe and last night while looking for a blank recipe card for my F3 Q, I found it at the bottom of a drawer. Same day. God is good. Joy can be tough—it’s hard for me to have joy when stressed and requires us to be intentional to remember priorities. Thankfulness—I’m so thankful for you all and F3. I challenge you to think of all the things you’re thankful for this Thanksgiving.
Cheers.